How to move NI hypertrend control around on Labview front panel

Hi everyone,
Please I would like to know if the NI hypertrend control from the DSC pallette can be draged across the front panel and how to do it.
Once I put this control on the front panel, it just stays where I put it and would not allow me to move it around.
I will appreciate any suggestion on this.
Thanks.
Solved!
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Left click above left of it> hold and drag a box around it. This selects it and you can drag it.This works for me.
Using LabVIEW 2010SP1 and TestStand 4.5

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